Old Susan Mine

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088763
MRDS ID M058484
Record type Site
Current site name Old Susan Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.1144, 39.85717 (WGS84)
Elevation 1926
Relative position 5,400 FT S 13 E OF HORSESHOE HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tintic Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011S 002W 19 SE OF NE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Smithsonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Latite Of Copperopolis Canyon (Tuff Member)
    Rock description Latite Of Copperopolis Canyon (Tuff Member)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.1144, 39.85717

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Probably With Tintic Mountain Caldera
Type of structure Local
Structure description N 53 E Trending Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N 41 E Trending Vein

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN ADIT IS GOBBED IN AT 105 YDS. BUT PROBABLY HAS 2000 FT. OF TOTAL WORKINGS, THERE ARE ALSO NUMEROUS CUTS, PITS, SHAFTS AND ADITS ALONG SAME AND SUBPARALLEL VEINS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G.F; 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 107, 282 P.

  • Deposit

    COOK, D.R., (ED.), 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1982, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE TINTIC MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE AND ADJACENT PARTS OF THE MCINTYRE QUADRANGLE, JUAB AND UTAH COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS MAP I-883

  • Deposit

    HIGGINS, W.C., (ED.), 1901, THE SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, MAY 30, P. 18.

  • Deposit

    HIGGINS, W.C., (ED.), 1913, THE SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, JULY 15, P. 30.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CRYSTALLINE AND SUGARY TEXTURED QUARTZ VEINS WITH IRREGULAR PODS OF OXIDIZED ORE
Deposit THERE IS ABOUT 1500 FT OF CORE STORED INSIDE THE PORTAL OF THE MAIN ADIT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references